Ds aged 3 has just broken my smart tv

[midlifehope]

Talk me down please. I'm freaking fuming, he tried to 'clean' it with Cilit bang which has dripped inside the tv itself. I told him to stop spraying and he just blatantly kept doing it. Talk me down from my only just contained rage......

How did your 3 year old get hold of a bottle of cillit bang?!

What TooTired said! I clicked thinking you meant threw something and smashed it. You're angry at yourself, have a cry later.

How did he get it in the first place? I have to cover my airwaves when using that stuff and then it's rare. It's not a nice chemical.

Angry at yourself rather than the toddler I hope. He is too little to understand consequences. Heck his frontal lobe and ability to think through consequences won't fully develop til his 20s!

Just saying no frequently doesn't work, I'm sure you know that.

Best assess how he got hold of the cleaning fluid and revisit your strategies for dealing with him when he is doing something you need to stop immediately.

Sorry about the to, hope you have accidental damage on your house insurance!

'He blatantly kept doing it'. So you didn't just grab the bottle off him then?

Gosh how did he get hold of that? It's nasty stuff and he shouldn't have been anywhere near it.

Still. It's done now. No point going apoplectic.

Sorry you need to take a deep breath and realise that you should have stopped him and taken it away. Keep your cleaning stuff out of reach in future.

Sorry - I agree with the others that this is your fault really.

I told him to stop spraying and he just blatantly kept doing it.

You mean instead of taking the bottle off him the minute you saw he had it? how very stupid of you! What did you think would happen?

What others said I gave a nearly 3 year old and wouldn't let him play with any cleaning products. Why didn't you just grab it rather than tell...
However it may dry out and be ok in 24 hours.

He had cillit fucking bang?

Christ on a rubber bike!

Having trouble getting the cap off the pure bleach?

If you found your 3yo with chemicals your first reaction should have been to take them off him swiftly. Not try and negotiate a stop.

Is DS ok? I got a horrid chemical burn on my hand from that stuff.

My sister ruined her links bracelet when it came into contact with it

just as well he didn't spray it in his eyes then really.

I used it once in the bathroom and it took the skin off the inside of my nose. It was sore for weeks and kept bleeding. It has scarred and i still sometimes have trouble over 18months later.

Phone Barry Scott - he might be able to help

You told him to stop? You didn't leap over and wrench it out of his hands? Oh dear OP, expensive mistake.

I take it the tele went BANG!

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He is very little, and probably thought he was being helpful. It's not his fault that toddler "help" can turn out very expensive! Or that they often don't really understand why mummy is squealing NOOOO! and running towards then.

BANG and the tellys gone

Pure morning at least you made me laugh a little. I dunno I've been feeling v grumpy today - from the moment he pooed in kitchen floor. Willing bed time to arrive.

Kitchens tend to be a fairly good place to poo, they usually have wipe clean floors.

Surely it must be past bedtime now? He is 3.

You should be grateful he didn't spray it in his eyes. At least it was only the tv that was damaged

exactly faire. it's a sprint while yelling NO and grabbing it back type of thing. Not a firm telling off!

mine have smashed two tellies . One climbing, one in anger.